Sri Lanka, Sept. 27 -- A Sri Lankan boy, Yasiru Kanathigoda, has put himself on course to play for the Australia Under-19 rugby team after he was recognized and selected by the Victorian Schools Rugby Union under-18 Merit Team this year.

Kanathigoda is the First Fifteen team captain of his Melbourne High School and has earned recognition for being an exemplary character on and off the field while making major contributions to the sport playing as a centre three-quarter.

He was awarded the Best Backs Player of the Year 2019 at the Schools Victoria competition.It marked a significant achievement and probably the only under-18 player of Sri Lankan origin who has been selected from the whole state.

He is the son of former Ananda College pr...